Gymnastic



. (No Model GYMNASTIG APPLIANOB FOR SCHOOL DESKS. No. 517,788. PatentedApr. 3, 1894.

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GYMNASTIC APPLIANCE FOR SCHOOL-DESKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,788, dated April 3,1894.

Application filed January 17,1893. Serial No. 45 8,878. (No model.) I

.To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE BESSING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Combination GymnasticAppliance for School- Desks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to inventions in school room gymnastic apparatusfor which I have made applications for Letters Patent viz., Serial No.442,642, filed August 10, 1892, and Serial No. 431,518, filed May 2,1892, and which inventions consist essentially in applying parallel barsto school desks for use in school rooms. r o

My present invention comprises an attachment for school desks wherebythe school desk is made a receptacle for parallel, hand or breast bars,dumb bell, Indian club and wand or bar bell, the same attachment orappliance being so arranged as to allow the parallel bar to be adjustedin position for. use'or out of the way as may be desired.

My invention also comprises the combination of parts whereby the bar isadjustably attached to the desk. I

My invention is adapted to be embodied, as shown, in the attachment madeseparate from the desk, and is also adapted to be cast integral with theframe of the desk. No view of the device applied integral with the frameof the desk is shown for the reason that no invention is required tomake such adaptation in view of the illustrations which appear in thedrawings. I

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. 4

Figure 1 is an end view of a desk provided with my improved applianceshowing the hand or parallel bar elevated in position for use andshowing the dumb-bell, Indian club and wand in place in their bracketsor racks. Fig. 2 is a fragmental front elevation of desks provided withmy invention. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the handorparallel bar elevated in position for use. Fig. '4: is a perspectiveview showing the attaching bracket rack and the bar and its arm removedfrom such rack. Fig. 5 is a plan view show ing the bar bracket andcombination rack in place upon the framework of the desk, the bar beingshown in its elevated position.

A indicates the bracket bar adapted for attachment to the frame of thedesk and consisting in the long base or horizontal member a and theshort upright member a. The base member is provided with a series ofhooks or clasps of cast or spring metal b b 1)" arranged in pairs toreceive and retain the dumb-bells, Indian club and wand which are shownin position in Fig. l but which are not marked with reference letters.These hooks are shown secured to the attachment bar and they are thusadapted to be applied to school desks already manufactured or may beapplied directly to the frame of the. desk at the time the same ismanufactured. They may be applied as in dicated in the drawings eitherby fastening them on by screws or rivets as is the case, with the hookI), or they may be cast in the body of the attachment bar (or deskframe) as in dicated with the hooks or clasps b, and b".

The double bracket 0 is secured to the bracket bar, and extends from thebase member a up along the upright member a, to which it is secured.This double bracket is provided at its base with a shoulder rest 0arranged to receive and sustain the lower end of the arm'd of theparallel bar D. The arm dof the par- .allel bar is provided with alongitudinal slot (1' adapted to receive avpivot bolt E which is Iinserted through the pivot holes c in the double bracket 0 and throughthe slot (1' in the arm and is arranged to pivot the arm in the bracket.

to'the upright member a, is greater than the i The distance from thepivot holes e distance from the end of the slot d to the end of the bararm dso that when the bar arm is pulled up as far as the pivot bolt 6will allow, the arm .will be free to be dropped forward and downward tobring the parallel bar into the position indicated in dotted lines inFig. 1. When the parallel bar is in position as shown in Fig. 3 it restsagainst the base shoulder 0 and against the bar A; and, beingsustainedby the pivot bolt E, the arinis held rigidly in position until it isdrawn up as above suggested. The bracket barA is provided with a seriesof slots f f arranged in pairs to receive the securing bolts g g bywhich the bracket bars can be secured to the frame work H of the desk.

I is a clamp bar applied within the desk and arranged to receive thebolts g g so that the frame work 1-1 of the desk is clamped between thebracket bar A and the clamp bar I. The upright member a is provided witha flange J arranged to fit against the top L of the desk and providedwith holes j through which screws may be inserted to secure the flangeto the top of the desk.- The horizontal or base member a is providedwith a flange K adapted and arranged to fit against the back L of thedesk and provided with holes 70 through which screws may be passed tosecure the base member to the back of the desk.

Now having described my'invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combinationgymnastic attachment series of hooks or clamps adaptedto receive 2 5 the dumb-bells, Indian club, &c., and provided with thedouble bracket having the pivot holes 6 and the base shoulder rest a;and the parallel bar having the slotted arm inserted with in thebracket, and the pivot inserted through 30' such pivot holes and theslot in the arm, and arranged to pivot the arm in such double bracket.

